November 2002
Smithsonian magazine delivers trusted and incisive reporting on history, science, nature, culture and travel.
Features
Shoot 'Em Up
Sometimes you have to destroy the aircraft in order to save it.
Restoration: Mach 2 Heavyweight Champion
The North American RA-5C Vigilante.
Project 921
Russia and the United States have held the inside tracks in the space race. In the stretch, here comes China.
How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets
How Things Work: Supersonic Inlets
São Paulo Traffic Report
It's rotor to rotor out there.
All That Remains
Old aircraft crash scenes are littered with story fragments.
Sky High in a Starfighter
My climb to the top in the F-104.
Commentary: Emergency Exit
Give the U.S. space program a mission that means something: saving the species.
Outback Scramjet
A University of Queensland lab has supersonic success.
Departments
Oldies and Oddities
Oldies and Oddities: Sikorsky's Piano Man
Oldies and Oddities: Sikorsky's Piano Man